Tim Tebow

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Tim Tebow

Profile
College	University of Florida
Position	QB
Jersey No.	15
Class	Sophomore
Career	2006 – present
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Nationality	American
B-date	August 14, 1987
B-place	Philippines
High School	Homeschooled (played for Nease High School)
Career Highlights
Awards
2007 SEC Offensive Player of the Year 2007 Heisman Trophy 2007 Davey O'Brien Award
Championships
2006 BCS National Championship 2006 SEC Championship 2006 SEC East Division Championship
Bowl Games
2007 Capital One Bowl 2006 BCS National Championship

Tim Tebow (born Timothy Tebow on August 14, 1987) plays quarterback for the Florida Gators in the NCAA college football tournament. Prior to playing in the collegiate ranks, Tebow suited up at Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where he became a Division I-A recruit and ranked among the top quarterback prospects in the nation. Many college schools showed interest on Tim, but in the end he chose to don the Gator jersey over other high profile schools that include Alabama, Miami (Fla.), Michigan, N.C. State, Oklahoma and UCLA. He made an immediate impact in his true freshman year as a back-up primarily because of his ability to both pass and run the football which makes him a "dual threat" against opposing teams. His coach, Urban Meyer, refer to him as Florida's "sparkplug" as he provides a much needed jolt at just the right time during the games. Despite playing behind Chris Leak in the QB position, Tebow was an integral part of Florida's national title run in 2006.

1 Personal Life
2 High School
3 College
- 3.1 2006
- 3.2 2007
4 Career Stats
5 Highlights
6 Achievements
- 6.1 2007
- 6.2 2006
7 References
8 External Links

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Personal Life

Tim is the youngest of five children of University of Florida alumni Bob and Pam Tebow. He was born in the Philippines where his parents were serving as Christian missionaries and even traveled to his birthplace for three-straight summers with his father on mission trips. He is an active member of the Goodwill Gators who volunteered his time at the Children’s Miracle Network at Shands and on a UF Psychiatry visit. Prior to college, Tim was home-schooled by their mother. Tim is majoring on Family, Youth and Community Sciences.

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High School

Eventhough Tim was homeschooled, a legislation passed in Florida allowed him to compete in local high school sporting events for the local school in the county and school district in which their family lived. Since the Tebows lived in Duval County, Tim was able to play for Trinity Christian in Jacksonville. He played there as a linebacker and tight end but only for one season then sought for another school to pursue his dream of playing quarterback (since Trinity did not pass the ball much). Tim and his mother moved in to an apartment in St. Johns County, which is just down the street from Nease High School---Tebow's new team of choice. Under coach Craig Howard, Nease was ran on passing offense which suits Tim's style of play. Since then, Tim, who also played basketball and baseball, began playcalling for Nease and it did not take long before he gained recognition for his steady play and even led to a minor controversy over him being a homeschooled student.

Tim blossomed as a quarterback at Nease, setting several records that include single season state records in total offense (5,552), passing yards (4,286), touchdown passes (46) and total touchdowns (70). He also owns Florida state prep football records for total offense (12,960), career passing yards (9,940), touchdowns (159) and completed passes (631). During his junior year, he set the Florida state record with 4,286 yards passing making him a highly recruited major college quarterback prospect. In his senior year as the team captain, he led his school to a 13-2 record and into its first-ever Class 4Astate championship. In the title game, Tim was involved in a state championship game record 54 offensive plays (27 passing, 27 rushing) and accounted for another state championship record of six Nease touchdowns. Tim completed his prep career throwing for 9,940 yards and 95 touchdowns as a three-year starter, to go along with 3,169 rush yards and 63 TD runs. Tebow was thus named back-to-back first-team 3A (2004) and 4A (2005) all-state selections at quarterback, was named Florida's Mr. Football, and earned 2006 Parade All-American honors. He also participated in the U.S. Army All-American Game and CaliFlorida All-Star Game.

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College

With several schools showing interest at Tim, the choice went down to two options: Alabama or Florida. Despite becoming very close to Alabama coach Mike Shula, Tebow chose to play for Florida which he felt is the team best suited for his style of play.

Tim became the subject of an ESPN documentary entitled “Faces in Sports,” with a segment titled "Tim Tebow: The Chosen One" focusing on his homeschool controversy, his missionary work in the Philippines, his exploits on the field, as well as his college recruiting process. Tim was also featured on Sports Illustrated's “Faces in the Crowd” page.

A group of citizens at Alabama has also been lobbying for Alabama's public education establishment to allow homeschooled students equal access to sports and extracurricular activities. "The Tim Tebow Bill" will allow Alabama home school athletes to play for their local high school teams just as Tebow did in Florida.

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2006

Before the season began, Gator fans believed that Tim has a good chance of becoming Florida's starter with his impressive performance during the 2006 "Orange and Blue" Spring scrimmage where he completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 197 yards and one touchdown. However, coach Meyer stuck with Chris Leak with Tebow earning ample playing time off the bench. Tim was also listed by Sports Illustrated as college football's future top mobile quarterback before the 2006 season got underway.

Tim made his collegiate debut in a goal line situation against Southern Miss where he scored on a 1-yard touchdown run, making him only the third UF freshman quarterback to be responsible for scores in the season openers after Chris Leak (2003) and Cris Collinsworth (1977). His first career passing attempt, an 11-yard completion to Kenneth Tookes, happened in the second quarter of the game against Central Florida where he completed 6-of-9 passes for 81 yards and an interception. He established a career high against Western Carolina with his 200 passing yards on 10-for-12 completion in the shut-out win. Tim made his SEC debut against Tennessee on September 16, 2006 but had the biggest game of his rookie year on October 7, 2006 against LSU where he accounted for all three of the Gators' touchdowns---a one-yard run, a one-yard "jump pass" to tight end Tate Casey, and a 35-yard play-action pass to wide receiver Louis Murphy.

In the SEC title game against Arkansas, Tim had eight carries for 31 yards with a long run of nine yards. Tebow concluded his freshman year in the BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State, rushing for 39 yards on 10 carries with one scoring run and went 1-of-1 on a touchdown strike to Andre Caldwell. Tim finished the season going 22-of-33 for 358 yards with five touchdowns and one interception in 14 games. He was second at Florida with 469 yards rushing on 89 attempts (5.3 avg.) and led the team with eight rushing touchdowns, matching Jimmy Fisher's 1976 school quarterback record for scores in a single season. He was named to The Sporting News’ SEC All-Freshman Team, earned honorable mention Freshman All-America recognition from The Sporting News, and earned Freshman All-SEC accolades from the league’s coaches.

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2007

Tim was named as one of the "Breakout Players of 2007" for college football by Sporting News. In his first career start against Western Kentucky, Tebow established personal-best numbers in touchdowns passed (three), pass yards (300), completions (13) and attempts (17). Three weeks later, he broke the school record for rushing yards by a quarterback in one game, with 166 yards. On November 3, against Vanderbilt, Tebow rushed for 2 touchdowns to break the all-time SEC quarterback TD record in a single season. Tebow has been named Walter Camp Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week once, Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week twice, added to the Manning Award Watch List, and is a Semifinalist for Davey O'Brien Award.

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